TIL that regularly drinking excessive amounts of Mountain Dew (2-8L/day) can cause a rare neurological disorder with symptoms of memory loss, fatigue, headache & involuntary movements. The disorder is due to bromine accumulating from the brominated vegetable oils used in some citrus-flavored drinks.
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Submitted May 02, 2019 at 10:59PM by zynna-lynn
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Snopes.com
FACT CHECK: Does Mountain Dew Contain the Dangerous Chemical BVO?
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is yet another common food additive that has come under scrutiny from food safety proponents.
TIL Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is being eaten alive by millions of venomous sea stars known as crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS). Scientist have developed a new robot to hunt and kill these sea stars—a murderous, autonomous underwater vehicle called RangerBot. It kills with a single shot of bile
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 03:14AM by chercheur17
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Hakai Magazine
RangerBot: Programmed to Kill | Hakai Magazine
A new generation of sea star-murdering robots is set to deploy.
TIL some densely populated countries use Election Ink to prevent double voting. The ink uses silver nitrate which stains the skin and is only removed by shedding of external skin cells, therefore providing a sure way of knowing who has or hasn't voted.
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Wikipedia
Election ink - Wikipedia
Electoral ink, indelible ink, electoral stain or phosphoric ink is a semi-permanent ink or dye that is applied to the forefinger (usually) of voters during elections in order to prevent electoral fraud such as double voting. It is an effective method for…
TIL Tennessee bans "omnibus bills." The content of bills passed by the Tennessee General Assembly can be no broader than the noscript of the bill.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 04:46AM by tw272727
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Wikipedia
Constitution of Tennessee - Wikipedia
The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules (and means for changing them) of the U.S. State of Tennessee.
TIL in the movie "Dumb and Dumber", Jim Carrey's chipped tooth is genuine, resulting from a fight with a classmate in his childhood, but he had since had it capped. He simply had the crown temporarily removed from that tooth to portray Lloyd
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Wikipedia
Dumb and Dumber - Wikipedia
1994 American buddy comedy film
TIL if microwaves had clear glass windows you would be exposed to the harmful microwaves they emit. The metal mesh screen over the windows have large enough holes for our eyes to see inside, but small enough to block the harmful microwaves that would otherwise be emitted.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 08:45AM by ZeroToAMillion
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Knoji
Why Microwave Ovens Can Have See Through Windows
microwave ovens, clear glass doors
TIL that before settling on the Butthole Surfers, the band went by many names including Fred Astaire’s Asshole, the Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole, and the Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole
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Wikipedia
Butthole Surfers - Wikipedia
American band
TIL that only about 10% of stock trades are done by actual humans. The remainder is done by high frequency trading algorithms and day trading bots.
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CNBC
Just 10% of trading is regular stock picking, JPMorgan estimates
By trade volume, machines and exchange-traded funds are leaving the traditional stock picker in the dust.
TIL Pink Floyd played a concert with no audience at the ampitheatre in Pompeii, Italy 1971 being the first performance to occur there since the eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79AD at the time of the ancient romans
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Prog Magazine
The inside story of Pink Floyd’s classic Live At Pompeii
A maverick filmmaker, a band reaching the peak of their powers, an iconic venue steeped in history, and a singing Afghan Hound: this is the inside story of Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii.
TIL in 2016, residents of Barrow, Alaska voted to change the name of the city back to its original Inupiaq name, Utqiaġvik
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 06:19AM by junimobutt
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Wikipedia
Utqiagvik, Alaska
Utqiagvik, (Inupiaq: Utqiaġvik, IPA: [utqe.ɑʁvik], English: /ˌʊtkiˈɑːvɪk/ UUT-kee-AH-vik), officially the City of Utqiaġvik, and previously Barrow (/ˈbæroʊ/) is the largest city and the borough seat of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and…
TIL that Maurice Sendak's classic book "Where the Wild Things Are" was supposed to be noscriptd "Where the Wild Horses Are" but he realized he couldn't draw horses so he changed it to "things" instead
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 05:26PM by poptart8341
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the Guardian
10 wild facts about Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are was President Obama’s choice of children’s book to read over the Easter weekend, so here are some fun facts that you may or may not know about Maurice Sendak’s classic
TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary has included the informal use of the word "literally" in its official definition since 2011, and that use of the word "literally" to mean "figuratively" has been documented as far back as 250 years.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Uproar as OED includes erroneous use of 'literally'
Pedants will be in uproar after it was confirmed that the Oxford English Dictionary had included the erroneous use of the word “literally”.
TIL researchers reported duplicating the glue that the sandcastle worms secrete and use to stick sand grains together underwater. They believe the glue to have applications as a biocompatible medical adhesive, for instance to repair shattered bones. For bone repair, it can replace pins and screws
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 01:08PM by chercheur17
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Wikipedia
Phragmatopoma californica - Wikipedia
species of annelid
TIL when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he carried with him a piece from the Wright brothers' first airplane
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 05:24PM by anweshm4
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Wikipedia
Apollo 11 - Wikipedia
First crewed mission to land on the Moon
TIL the larger a bee hive grows, the more efficient it becomes. A hive containing 30,000 bees produces 150% more honey than two hives of 15,000.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 06:24PM by AbortionGhost
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Groworganic
Meet the 3 Kinds of Honey Bees in a Hive | Organic Gardening Blog
Just who is in a beehive? The three kinds of bees that live in a hive are
TIL that farmers in USA are hacking their John Deere tractors with Ukrainian firmware, which seems to be the only way to actually *own* the machines and their software, rather than rent them for lifetime from John Deere.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 08:14PM by BurtGummer1911
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Motherboard
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking.
TIL the United States military when trying to avoid divulging information gives reporters briefings with 25 minutes of intentionally dull PowerPoint presentations and 5 minutes left at the end for questions from anyone who is still awake. The presentations are called hypnotizing chickens.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 07:30PM by YeezyYeezyYeezy
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NY Times
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint
PowerPoint has crept into the daily lives of U.S. military commanders and reached the level of near obsession.
TIL that wet plate photography cannot pick up certain tattoos. This ended up erasing a large part of Māori culture from history.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 09:01PM by GoopHugger
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Petapixel
Wet Plate Photography Makes Tattoos Disappear
Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration
TIL of the Moriori, a Pacifist people who, when being wiped out by a neighbouring Polynesian tribe, decided that their non-violent beliefs were more important than their own survival.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 09:17PM by JJBrazman
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teara.govt.nz
4. – Moriori – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The British In late November 1791 a British ship, the Chatham, was blown off course to Rēkohu. Lieutenant William Broughton planted the British flag and, claiming Rēkohu in the name of King George III, named it Chatham Island. In a misunderstanding with the…
TIL Martin Luther King Jr. started a pillow fight in the hotel room with other civil rights leaders in the hour before he was assassinated
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 01:10AM by churchillsucks
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ABC News
Andrew Young recalls witnessing Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
Andrew Young recalls the moment a bullet killed Martin Luther King Jr.
TIL newly naturalized US citizens can have their citizenship revoked if they join the Communist party within five years of becoming a citizen
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 03:31AM by bobthebonobo
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USCIS
Chapter 2 - Grounds for Revocation of Naturalization